Antarprerana '14

Antarprerana '14, the annual, two day IT & Management Fest for the undergraduate students was organized by Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Amrita School of Arts and Sciences, Mysore at its campus in Bogadi on 13th & 14th of March 2014. The fest aimed to provide the students, a learning platform for vital managerial and technical skills beyond academics.

The fest had an array of exciting events on offer for participants like Biz - Magnifico, Fin - Ex, Marque, Vizia, Chakravyuh, 4 Quadrants, Obscura and Arena d'el Gamer. The event recorded more than 200 participants registration from prestigious institutions in Mysore. The fest has a rich legacy of success to hold up to ever since its inception in 2010.

Br. Sunil Dharmapal, Director, Mysore campus announced that two new programmes B Sc –Visual Media and B.Com (Taxation) will be introduced at Mysore campus from the next academic year. He said, B com- Taxation would provide a strong footing for student aspirants of professional courses like CA, CSA and ICWA. A bachelors degree in Visual media, he clarified, would provide tremendous job opportunity in the rapidly growing entertainment field such as TV channels, advertising agencies, media offices and film and TV studios.

N. Narendra MD Vinyas Innovative Technologies Pvt Ltd Mysore was the chief guest of the day, who has been credited with many path breaking initiatives providing electronic and mechanical solutions to global sized manufacture companies, is the right source of inspiration and guidance for the youth. (An engineer turned Industrialist Mr.N Narendra’s interest in socially concerned initiates are multi faceted. After his graduation in engineering from Bangalore university M. Narendra did his post graduation MS in electrical Engineering from university of Southern California USA).

Highly Accomplished in his filed Mr Narendra’s academic caliber has been acknowledged by his alma mater, by having him on university Indian Advisory Board. Mr. Narendra, through his Vinyas innovative technologies has taken a very bold, inspiring and exemplary step by employing differently abled and hearing impaired individuals part with other employees for which Vinyas technologies innovative Technologies has been rightly awarded ‘Best Employer’ by National trust, Ministry of Social Justice and employment ,Govt of India.)

The Guest of Honour was Vidu. Indu Nagaraj, Playback Singer. Who enthralled the audience through her popular number ‘pyarge agbittaite.’ Nine events and games were organized as part of the fest. They are Biz- Magnifico, FIN~EX, Marque, Vizia, Chakravyuh, 4 Quadrants, Obscura, Arena del gamer and Roadies.

Around 400 participants from 20 colleges across the district participated in the event. Overall champions of the Antarprerana’14 was Vidya Ashram First Grade College, Mysore, Karnataka.